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Sounds of SAND
Sounds of SAND invites listeners into a contemplative journey through the infinite cycles of existence - from its raw beauty to its deepest mysteries, from its intricate complexity to its profound wonder. Through intimate conversations, thought-provoking interviews, poetic readings, and carefully curated music, we weave together ancient wisdom with lived experience, creating a tapestry of sound that honors the great questions of being
Episodes
Sounds of SAND#67 The Dreaming Path Podcast: Uncle Paul Callaghan & Uncle Paul Gordon (Encore)
Join SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo in conversation with Aboriginal elders and authors Uncle Paul Callaghan and Uncle Paul Gordon for a powerful…
Sounds of SAND#128 Portals of Connection: Abigail Rose Clarke
Abigail Rose Clarke is a somatic educator, writer, and creator of The Embodied Life Method. Her new book, Returning Home to Our Bodies: Reimagining the…
Sounds of SAND#127 Buddhism Beyond the Cushion: Duncan Ryuken Williams & Funie Hsu/Chhî
This episode is a live recording from a recent SAND Community Gathering (April 2025) facilitated by Jungwon Kim. Join Buddhist scholars and activists Rev…
Sounds of SAND#126 Decolonial Wellness: Elizabeth Philipose
Elizabeth Philipose, PhD has a lifelong passion for transformational arts and the expansion of consciousness. She has pursued this as an academic studying the…
Sounds of SAND#6 New Gods at the End of the World: Bayo Akomolafe & Sophie Strand (Encore)
Today, we present a wild and flowering conversation between two poets, writers, philosophers, and theobiologians Bayo Akomalofe and Sophie Strand. This…
Sounds of SAND#125 Building Bridges: john a. powell
From a recent SAND Community Gathering (March 2025) At a time when our world can feel increasingly divided, and many are retreating into isolation, civil…
Sounds of SAND#124 War’s Long Shadow: Jungwon Kim & Linda Thai
From a recent SAND Community Gathering (March 2025) Join mental health clinician Linda Thai and writer Jungwon Kim for an in-depth conversation on…
Sounds of SAND#123 Listening from Silence: John J. Prendergast
John J. Prendergast, PhD, is a spiritual teacher, author, retired psychotherapist, and retired adjunct professor of psychology who has taught at Esalen and…
Sounds of SAND#122 Deep Medicine Circle: Dr. Rupa Marya, Charlene Eigen-Vasquez & Walter Riley
From a recent SAND Community Gathering (Feb 2025) hosted by SAND co-founders, Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Deep Medicine Circle (DMC), a collective of healers…
Sounds of SAND#121 From Science to Spirit: Elisabet Sahtouris
Today we present an anthology episode with SAND speaker, Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris (1936-2024) who passed in December 2024. Internationally known as a dynamic…
Sounds of SAND#21 A Hunger for Wholeness: Iya Affo (Encore)
This is a recording from the 2022 Community Conversation between with guest Iya Affo and SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Very few people are aware…
Sounds of SAND#120 Depth Hypnosis: Isa Gucciardi
In this episode, Isa Gucciardi discusses depth hypnosis, combining shamanic practices, Buddhist psychology, transpersonal psychology, and energy medicine to…
Sounds of SAND#119 Fractal Flourishing: Jeremy Lent
In this episode, our guest, Jeremy Lent, discusses the profound global upheaval in early 2025. We explore themes of hope and grief amid political, cultural…
Sounds of SAND#118 Mythic Dharma: John Tarrant
Today we explore the story of the Buddha’s awakening through a mythic lens with Buddhist writer and teacher, John Tarrant. We touch into topics like Zen koan…
Sounds of SAND#117 Minds Under Siege: Gabor Maté, Naomi Klein & Cecilie Surasky
In this SAND Community Gathering (January 2025), journalist Naomi Klein and trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté explored the complex intersection of collective…
Sounds of SAND#116 Echoes of Resilience: Rawan Roshni
Rawan Roshni is in conversation to discuss the recent ceasefire announcement affecting Palestine and offers a poignant and emotional reflection on the…
Sounds of SAND#115 Remembering Nature’s Ways: Darcia Narvaez
In this live SAND Community Gathering (January 2025), SAND co-founders Maurizio and Zaya Benazzo welcome Darcia Narvaez, professor emeritus of psychology at…
Sounds of SAND#114 On Grief, Belonging & Intimacy: David Whyte & Gayle Karen Young
Recorded live at a SAND Community Gathering (December 2024) hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. In this intimate conversation with poet and philosopher David…
Sounds of SAND#113 Ancient Rhythms: Pat McCabe & Francis Weller
Join us as we journey into the depths of winter’s sacred darkness with renowned wisdom keepers Pat McCabe (Woman Stands Shining) and Francis Weller. Recorded…
Sounds of SAND#112 Ayurvedic Longevity: Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh
Today we are in conversation with Ayurvedic doctor Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh where we discuss longevity through the lens of intergenerational trauma…
Sounds of SAND#57 The Alchemy of Love: Cynthia Bourgeault and A.H. Almaas (Encore)
Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo host this captivating conversation into divine and personal love with two modern-day mystics, held dear by SAND from a SAND Community…
Sounds of SAND#111 When Truth Becomes the Enemy: Mariam Barghouti, Ashira Darwish & Rawand Arqawi
In this important conversation examining the vital role of journalists and documentarians in conflict zones, Palestinian journalist, Mariam Barghouti and Jenin…
Sounds of SAND#34 Conversations on Complexity Podcast: Neil Theise (Encore)
“We are not walking through the world; we are interwoven with it. In everything we do, we participate in complexity.” –Neil Theise Neil Theise is a professor…
Sounds of SAND#110 Mosaics of Myth: Michael Meade
Michael Meade is a renowned storyteller and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology, who draws from his study of archetypal myths, ancestral wisdom…
Sounds of SAND#109 Salt of the Earth: Osama lliwat & Rotem Levin
Standing for Collective Liberation “No one will be free if the others live under occupation. No one will be safe unless everyone is safe.” In this live SAND…
Sounds of SAND#108 Thrutopian Dreams: Manda Scott
Manda Scott is an award-winning novelist and host of the acclaimed Accidental Gods podcast. Best known for the Boudica: Dreaming series, her previous novels…
Sounds of SAND#107 Not In Our Name: Rabbi Cat Zavis
Disentangling Judaism from the Violence of Occupation “The way to manifest your sacredness is to embody sacredness – to treat all life as sacred.” – Rabbi Cat…
Sounds of SAND#106 Black Palestinian Solidarity: Faith Gay, Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart & Imam Adeyinka Mendes
In this episode we present excerpts from the recent conversation (June 2024) as part of SAND’s “Conversations on Palestine” around the premiere of the film…
Sounds of SAND#105 From Grief to Liberation: Ash Canty
Ash Canty (he/him) is a trans masc, afro-indigenous, non-binary Psychic Medium & Death Guide. He support's and walks others in the threshold of their own…
Sounds of SAND#104 Turning Toward the Heart: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
In this Community Gathering (October 2024) Zaya and Maurizio were in discussion with Pir Zia Inayat Khan, a renowned spiritual teacher in the Sufi tradition…
Sounds of SAND#103 Justice & Joy: Dr. Kamilah Majied
Dr. Kamilah Majied, MSW, PhD, is a contemplative inclusivity and equity consultant, mental health therapist, clinical educator, researcher, and internationally…
Sounds of SAND#102 Poetry and Grief in Times of Genocide: Jess Semaan
In this SAND Community Gathering (September 2024) Zaya and Maurizio sat down with Jess Semaan, poet, psychotherapist and facilitator to explore the…
Sounds of SAND#101 Apian Wisdom: Michael Joshin Thiele
In this episode, Michael Reiley engages in an insightful discussion with Michael Joshin Thiele, a honeybee conservationist and president of Apis Arborea. The…
Sounds of SAND#100 Sacred Solidarity with Palestine: Sounds of SAND Second Year
Welcome to our 100th episode of the Sounds of SAND podcast, marking two years since we launched on September 8, 2022. As SAND grows and evolves with the…
Sounds of SAND#99 Addiction & Trauma: Dr. Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John
Dr. Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John M.A. (Hon.Doc), is a founding facilitator of Compassionate Inquiry, and is the author of 10 books, including the award…
Sounds of SAND#98 Glissando of Consciousness: Andrew Holecek
Andrew Holecek is a renowned author and humanitarian who teaches internationally on spirituality, meditation, lucid dreaming, and the art of dying. He has…
Sounds of SAND#47 What Shines: Parvathy Baul (Encore)
Parvathy Baul is a practitioner, performer and teacher of the Baul tradition from Bengal, India. She studied closely with two of the most respected Baul Gurus…
Sounds of SAND#97 Love & The Metacrisis: Gigi Azmy
Gigi Azmy merges 28 years of spiritual insights with scientific psychological research to guide individuals toward a profound realization of love—far beyond…
Sounds of SAND#96 From Palestine to the World: Angela Davis & Dr. Gabor Maté
In this episode we present excerpts from the recent conversation (June 2024) as part of SAND’s “Conversations on Palestine” around the premiere of the film…
Sounds of SAND#95 Nature of Reality: Federico Faggin
Federico Faggin is one of the greatest luminaries of high technology alive today. A physicist by education, he is the inventor of the microprocessor and the…
Sounds of SAND#23 Songs of Gaia: Monica Gagliano [Encore]
Monica Gagliano is a research associate professor in evolutionary ecology and former fellow of the Australian Research Council. She is currently based at…
Sounds of SAND#93 Feminine Resistance in Palestine: Ashira Darwish & V
In this episode we present excerpts from the recent conversation (June 2024) between Ashira Darwish & V as part of SAND’s “Conversations on Palestine” around…
Sounds of SAND#92 Gaza & the Bodhisattva Path: Gabor Maté & Tara Brach
In this episode we present excerpts from the recent conversation (June 2024) between Dr. Gabor Maté and Tara Brach as part of SAND’s “Conversations on…
Sounds of SAND#91 Decolonizing Healthcare: Dr. Rupa Marya
Dr. Rupa Marya discusses her work at the intersection of medicine, health, land, and justice. She explains the concept of deep medicine, which looks at the…
Sounds of SAND#90 Dancing in the Fire: Farah El-Sharif, Ayesha Kajee, Seemi Bushra Ghazi & Daniel Foor
Muslim Spirituality Illuminating the Path to Freedom: An exploration of how the spiritual heart of the Islamic tradition can inspire and fuel contemporary…
Sounds of SAND#89 Arab Jewish Mysticism: Hadar Cohen
Hadar Cohen shares her deep connection to her Middle Eastern Jewish ancestry and the intertwining of mysticism and activism in her work. She discusses the…
Sounds of SAND#88 Where Olive Trees Weep: Premiere
Today, June 6, 2024, we’re celebrating the release of SAND’s new film Where Olive Trees Weep. And to celebrate the launch of the film, we welcome you to Donate…
Sounds of SAND#87 Cultural Stories & Mysticism of Gaza: Haneen Sabbah
A recording of excerpts from a live SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo from Apr 20, 2024. Storyteller Haneen Sabbah, a Palestinian…
Sounds of SAND#86 SAND’s New Film on Spirituality in the Face of Injustice: Zaya & Maurizio Benazzo
In this episode with filmmakers, producers, and founders of Science & Nonduality (SAND) Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo discuss their new film, Where Olive Trees…
Sounds of SAND#85 In Our Bones: Osprey Orielle Lake
Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network, International (WECAN). She works nationally and…
Sounds of SAND#84 Grieving in Community: Mirabai Starr & Mona Haydar
A recording of excerpts from a live SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. In these times of unbearable anguish, as the already…
Sounds of SAND#83 Taoist Inner Alchemy: Mattias Daly
Mattias Daly is Taoist practitioner and a professional translator with a degree in acupuncture and a master’s in Chinese Literature. He was inducted into the…
Sounds of SAND#82 From Wounds to Wholeness: Peter A. Levine
A recording of excerpts from a SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Trauma has a severe impact that extends far beyond the individual…
Sounds of SAND#81 Ecology of Care: DRĖĖĖMY
Reem (DRĖĖĖMY) Abdou is a native Egyptian international interdisciplinary sound artist, embodiment and meditation guide, curator, cultural worker, and…
Sounds of SAND#80 Awaking Hope: Rev. Deborah L. Johnson
Rev Deborah L Johnson (Rev D) is a dynamic organizer, strategist, facilitator, public speaker, and spoken word artist, known for her ability to bring clarity…
Sounds of SAND#79 Restoring Wholeness: Richard Schwartz
A recording of excerpts from a SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Trauma has a way of separating us from parts of ourselves. Painful…
Sounds of SAND#78 The Crisis in Gaza: Gabor & Daniel Maté
In this episode we bring you excerpts from an online SAND Community Gathering with Gabor and Daniel Maté hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo from February…
Sounds of SAND#77 Regenerative Medicine: Mauro Zappaterra
Mauro Zappaterra obtained his MD and PhD degrees from Harvard Medical School. He completed his PhD doing work with neuronal stem cells and the effects of the…
Sounds of SAND#76 Land, Lineage & Resisting Genocide
"This is a spiritual test, this is a spiritual war, as much as it is a material one. People say, ‘As above, so below.’ How we are interfacing with the physical…
Sounds of SAND#75 Love-With-Justice: Omid Safi
This SAND Community Gathering was recorded live on February 10, 2024 with Omid Safi and SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurzio Benazzo. For the full video version…